Mi16 Thermostat

[ANDYMISIXTEEN 0]

I was going to change my Mi16 Thermostat today but relised i didnt get any rubber gaskets with the new one and the old ones are perished. The new thermostat has a little pin where the gasket sits on the old one and the edge is raised where as the old one was flat. Have i got the wrong thermostat or am i just missing the gaskets? It does sit in the hole but the old one is longer.

[welshpug 1,657]

its a little valve to let air bubbles through not a pin

 

looks more like an XU10 stat though (not 100% if there's a difference mind)

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Just a later and different make of stat, But are you running the crappy water pipe at the back along the cam cover? if not then a std 205 stat is fine or I would block this pipe up as it's not needed on the 205 and only something else to leak and get in the way.

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

Bung it my way lol I use those twin carby stats on the 405!

[ANDYMISIXTEEN 0]

Ive got the water piper at the back, is this one alright to use then and should i have gaskets or just use sealant?

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

Does that raised bit get trapped between the cover and the thermostat housing then?

[dcc 855]

a friend of mien is not using a 'stat in his vts engine, but he sealed his with some RTV. im sure you could probs use the thermostat and some RTV to seal it?

[Baz 421]

Ive got the water piper at the back, is this one alright to use then and should i have gaskets or just use sealant?

 

If you run the silly pipe then no ideally you need the proper stat to run properly!